If a Sociologist Is Trying to Determine Why Poverty Rates

question 26

Multiple Choice

If a sociologist is trying to determine why poverty rates are higher in the inner city,he or she might look at the lack of jobs in the area.If a psychologist is looking at the same thing,he or she may look more at levels of depression in the residents of an inner city.This difference is often called:

• A) a scientific revolution.
• B) the green revolution.
• C) a paradigm shift.
• D) boundary work.

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